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Well, mathematics wasn't discovered, so regardless of what the right word is, it isn't "discovered".
by lal 5y ago
Well, mathematics wasn't discovered, so regardless of what the right word is, it isn't "discovered".
- quickthrower2 5y agoThat is really a philosophical question.
- Asraelite 5y agoThis is the kind of thing that you can really overthink. I would just say it is whatever people call it. Most people would intuitively say "invent" rather than "discover" so that's what it is. Words are defined by their usage. If that results in a strange and unsatisfying definition then so be it.
- loxias 5y agoI disagree, mathematics is 100% discovered. It's not like we humans are inventing it ourselves.
- anamax 5y agoWolfram seems (to me) to say that he can show that math is some strange combination of invented (or rather, sensed) and discovered. https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2022/03/the-physicalization-of-metamathematics-and-its-implications-for-the-foundations-of-mathematics/ https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2022/03/the-physicalizat...